Posts by LoopyIT

*g* Then it'd be fried ... Anyway, we've managed to eliminate the ps/2 ports as being a problem- it's an issue no matter which port the keyboard is plugged into. Turns out that the mouse will work fine UNTIL the keyboard is plugged...

This isn't strictly speaking a laptop problem, rather a pc... My father had serious problems setting up his broadband connection using a first a BT voyager 100 and then a speedtouch modem for AOL. Eventually, after doing some rigorous...

It seems that procedure only works properly on US machines! I'm in the UK!

I'm thinking in terms of stuff like VAIO media and so on- what does the laptop absolutely need to function and what can i do away with? eg, what about the 'switcher' facility for wireless? Do I need that- I tend to use the XP built in...

I wonder if all the reports about poor battery life are actually coming from people with the built in web cam? Mine is the FEIIH- no webcam or bluetooth, didn't bother me as i don't use the former and have a dongle for the latter-and as...

I'm starting to consider putting linux back on my second laptop and giving it another go. I daren't mess around with alternative osystems on my vaio- vaio FE owners seem to have enough trouble just sourcing the right drivers if they...

Can't you use the recovery disks, or is that a stupid question?

Re battery life: I played around with the settings in both the Vaio power properties AND nVidia's 'smart dimmer' and I got well over three hours of battery power out of my FE today on the 'ultimate battery' setting. Oh, and I was running...

I dumped Norton, ran msconfig, and installed a little utility called 'smart close.' I've noticed a real improvement since installing the latter- flawless startup and shut down. PC Booster also gave the computer a real.....er, boost!...

I'm very impressed with the screen on the Vaio FE- my Tosh M30x also had the glossy screen, but there seems to be an extra anti glare job on the vaio, so you get the best of both worlds with depth, contrast, colour fidelity- and good...